Thinking back to those times. The other battle within the office Dec v Unix camp was for the dominant terminal server protocol. Never put it to bed as so much invested in Dec lay devices. Bridge tcp/ip devices. So only one solution. Woolengong tcp/ip on the VAX systems and lat emulation on the sun servers. On 12 Nov 2015 22:08, "Tim Wilkinson" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Back in about 84. We were users of bridge cs200 serial boxes. > Communicating to a unibus board in a borrowed 780. From memory the network > communication was a xerox protocol. A while later we were given a 750 to > which we moved the unibus adaptor. And subsequently upgraded to tcp/ip > which required a sco device to act as a bind server. > > The cs200 was a good device. It enabled us to bind serial ports across the > network. Allowing me to connect process control kit to expensive laser > printer s. And also provided network service connection enabling me to > create virtual port connectivity to sun workstation. Etc. Lots of reading > Stevens networking books back then. > > Eventually with the rise of Dec terminal servers and lat. Lantronix > produced a good cheap multi protocol devicr > On 12 Nov 2015 21:27, "Johnny Billquist" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 2015-11-12 22:19, Alan Frisbie wrote: >> >>> On 11/12/2015 01:15 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote: >>> >>> The DECservers 200s were rock solid performers in our engineering >>>>> offices and on the factory floor. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Agreed. 200 and 300 were/are great. >>>> >>> >>> How did the Decserver 700 compare against the others? Did it do telnet >>> also? >>> >> >> Hi, Alan. >> Good question. I've never seen one, so I can't say. >> >> Johnny >> >> -- >> Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus >> || on a psychedelic trip >> email: [email protected] || Reading murder books >> pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol >> _______________________________________________ >> Simh mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh > >
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